Section Symposia

Sunday, November 16, 2014

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8:00 AM-12:00 PM


PBT SS: Buzz-kills: The Genomics and Ecology of Stress in Pollinators
Christina M. Grozinger, Jay Evans and Holly Holt

P-IE SS: Challenges in Managing the Emerald Ash Borer (
Therese Poland and Leah S. Bauer

P-IE SS: Pesticides, Parasites and Pests: The Impacts of Environmental Stressors on Beneficial Insects
Fabio Manfredini and Dara Stanley

10:00 AM-12:00 PM


MUVE SS: Reproductive Strategies Across Hematophagous Arthropods
Yvonne Matos and Alexis M. Barbarin

1:15 PM-5:15 PM


P-IE/MUVE SS: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Entomologist in the Cooperative Extension Service
John J. Adamczyk, Wes Watson, D. Wes Watson, Sujaya Rao and Alton N. Sparks, Jr.

P-IE SS: Biological Insect Control - Ready for a Breakthrough?
Peter Witzgall

2014 Symposium of the Society of Regulatory Entomology. Alternatives to Rulemaking: Non-regulatory Solutions for Regulatory Problems
David E. Bellamy and Laura Jeffers

P-IE SS: Bt Resistance Monitoring: Strengths, Limitations, and Challenges
Jeff Gore, Scott D. Stewart, William D. Hutchison, Angus Catchot and Walt Mullins

P-IE SS: Global Grand Challenges and Opportunities in Grassland Entomology
Jennifer White and Daniel Potter

MUVE SS: Triatominae from Genes to Populations: The Road to New Insights and Challenges on the Horizon of Vector Ecology
Jennifer Peterson, Jennifer Chiang and Andrew Dobson

PBT SS: Chemical Communication in Longhorned Beetles
Robert Mitchell, Matthew Ginzel and Elizabeth Graham

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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8:00 AM-12:00 PM


SysEB SS: Out of the Field and Into the Lab: The State of the Art in Sorting Biodiversity Samples and Processing to Publication
István Mikó and Andy Boring

P-IE SS: Entomology-A Foundational Discipline for Integrated Plant Health Training
Amanda C. Hodges and Gary Hein

P-IE SS: The Return of the American Bollworm: A Grand Challenge to the New World on the Horizon and Beyond
Myron Zalucki and William D. Hutchison

P-IE SS: Exploring Complex Interactions among Non-Native Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae), their Associated Fungi, and Naïve Hosts
Christopher Ranger and Jiri Hulcr

P-IE SS: The Larry L. Larson Symposium: The Grand Challenge of Exploration and Use of Advanced Technologies Beyond the Horizon for Insect Management and Control
Luis Gomez and Mike Tolley

P-IE SS: Broadening the Horizons for Pollination of U.S. Specialty Crops
Cory Stanley-Stahr and Theresa L. Pitts-Singer

SysEB SS: Genetic and Behavioral Mechanisms of Social Complexity: Current Challenges and Future Horizons
Sandra Rehan and Brendan Hunt

MUVE SS: Beyond Pesticides: The Conundrum of Bed Bugs
Jennifer Gordon, Mark H. Goodman, Sydney Crawley and Jeffrey E. Noland

1:30 PM-3:30 PM


P-IE SS: New Frontiers in Honey Bee Health Economics:  Incorporating Entomological Research and Knowledge into Economic Assessments
Elizabeth Hill, Clayton Myers, Jennifer Bond, Kathy Baylis, TJ Wyatt and Kristy Plattner

1:30 PM-5:30 PM


PBT SS: Highlighting a Career of Defining and Meeting Grand Challenges in Entomology: A Symposium in Honor of David L. Denlinger
Daniel A. Hahn and Spencer T. Behmer

P-IE SS: Roles of Biotic Interactions in Invasion Biology
Shu-Sheng Liu and Stuart Reitz

P-IE SS: Forest Entomology: Beyond Saving Trees
Richard Hofstetter, Kimberly F. Wallin and Nathan Havill

P-IE SS: Classical Biological Control of Invasive Plants: Complex Challenges, Semiochemical Solutions
Sharlene Sing and Alexander Gaffke

P-IE SS: Managing Arthropod Resistance in a Changing Landscape, IRAC US Symposium Series: No. 10
Graham P. Head, Tim Ksander, Hector E. Portillo, Bradley W. Hopkins, Christopher Sansone and Caydee Savinelli

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

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8:00 AM-12:00 PM


P-IE SS: Functional Characterization of Insect Chemoreceptors: On Receptivity Range and Expression
William B. Walker and Mattias Larsson

PBT SS: RNAi: Emerging Technology to Overcome Grand Challenges in Entomology
William Moar and Subba Reddy Palli

P-IE SS: Novel Plant-Insect Associations: Implications of the Lack of Coevolution
William O. Lamp and Alina Avanesyan

P-IE SS: Basic Approaches to Grand Challenges: Applying Insect Ecology to Improve Agricultural Sustainability and Food Security
Randa Jabbour and Adrianna Szczepaniec

SysEB SS: How the Fossil Record Can Contribute to Our Understanding of Insect Ecology and Evolution
Dena Smith and Sam Heads

SysEB SS: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Microcosmos: The Challenges of Dispersal
Jessica Ware, Dominic Evangelista and Merlijn Jocque

MUVE SS: One Health: Linking Entomologists to Aid in the Pursuit of Improved Health for Humans, Animals, and Our Ecosystems
Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell and Jenny S. Carlson

8:30 AM-12:00 PM


P-IE SS: Non-Lethal Effects of Predators in Arthropod Food Webs: Ecological Patterns, Behavioral Mechanisms, and Agricultural Applications
Carmen K. Blubaugh and Ian Kaplan

1:30 PM-5:30 PM


MUVE SS: Beyond Drinking the Worm: Linking Concept with Action to Save the World with Entomophagy
James Ricci, Kim Hung and Adena Why

P-IE SS: Recovering Monarch Butterfly Populations in North America: A Looming Challenge for Science, the Public, Industry and Legislators
Myron Zalucki

P-IE SS: Entomology's Role in Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Agroecosystems
David Crowder and Elinor Lichtenberg

P-IE SS: New Perspectives on Changing Landscapes Offered by Big Data Approaches
Steven Highland and Rosalind James

P-IE SS: Effects of Cropping System Landscapes on the Ecology and Management of Insect Vectors and Transmitted Pathogens
Diane G. Alston and Brian A. Nault

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